White House Agrees To Ban 'Pride' Flags At US Embassies In Spending Bill Deal

https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2024/03/21/white-house-
agrees-to-ban-pride-flags-at-us-embassies-in-spending-bill-
deal/?sh=3f38e2785c24

The White House endorsed a $1.2 trillion spending deal introduced Thursday 
that includes a provision only allowing the American flag and other 
official flags to fly at U.S. embassies and other State Department 
facilities, reversing the State Department’s 2021 authorization allowing 
pride flags to be flown at the government buildings.

KEY FACTS
The Biden administration urged the swift passage of the bill, which will 
fund the remainder of the government, including the Department of Defense, 
through the end of the fiscal year.

None of the funds made available by the bill can be spent to fly or 
display flags other than the American flag and other eligible flags at 
U.S. State Department facilities, a rule that will last for the length of 
the funding bill, which expires on Sept. 30.

Eligible flags include the POW/MIA flag, flags of Indian tribal 
governments, sovereign flags of other countries, flags of “a State, 
insular area, or the District of Columbia at domestic locations,” flags of 
official U.S. agencies, the Foreign Service flag and the Hostage and 
Wrongful Detainee flag, according to the bill.

The bill provision also prohibits Confederate flags from being flown at 
American embassies.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., touted the provision as a conservative 
win, according to Bloomberg.

TANGENT
The $1.2 trillion spending bill would help the government avoid a partial 
shutdown this weekend if it’s passed. The bill includes about $866 billion 
for the Defense Department that, among other provisions, will provide 
servicemembers with a 5.2% pay raise. The bill also expands access to

affordable child care and allocates $1 billion for Head Start, a federal 
program that promotes the school readiness of children from low-income 
families.

KEY BACKGROUND
The flying of pride flags at U.S. embassies has become a sociopolitical 
tug of war between Democrats and Republicans, the latter of whom have 
argued “no other flag or symbol can portray our American values'' better 
than the American flag. Pride flags were first flown at U.S. embassies 
during former President Barack Obama’s administration, and were later 
banned by former President Donald Trump in 2019. The ability to fly the 
flag was reinstituted by the Biden administration two years later. The 
pride flag has not been allowed to be flown at the Pentagon or military 
bases following a policy put in place during Trump’s term.


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